Taylor Curet
Sports Director
Moselle, MS
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After spending two years in Hattiesburg as a sports reporter at WDAM 7, Taylor Curet was promoted to Sports Director in August 2018.
Taylor was born in Baton Rouge, LA and raised in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, just outside Jacksonville.
He spent four years covering the Fighting Tigers with LSU’s student-run station, Tiger TV and graduated from Louisiana State University in May 2016 with a degree in mass communication.
When he’s not covering sports you can find Taylor on a basketball court, at the movies or flipping through a stack of albums at your nearest record store.
He’s also happy that Hattiesburg isn’t too far from some good Cajun cooking!
Please, feel free to email Taylor if you have a story to be told or just to say hello at tcuret@wdam.com.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 7:17 PM CDT
|By Taylor Curet
Abram spent the majority of his first four seasons with the Raiders, racking up 267 tackles, three interceptions and a couple fumble recoveries. New Orleans feels like home.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 11:35 PM CST
|By Taylor Curet
Tanner Hall proved a lot of doubters wrong last season with an All-American campaign. But with the success comes challenges as the right-hander enters his junior season at Southern Miss.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 12:36 AM CST
|By Taylor Curet
Pearl River Community College made it to the top of the mountain last season, claiming its first NJCAA Division II National Championship.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2022 at 11:28 PM CDT
|By Taylor Curet
The Golden Eagles defense has been stout up front this season with 14 sacks through four games. It has much to do with their depth – adding several Southeastern Conference transfers to the mix during the offseason, including a couple of big boys from Waynesboro.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2022 at 11:12 PM CDT
|By Taylor Curet
After four hours and four overtimes of football, Liberty left Southern Miss’ M.M. Roberts Stadium with a 29-27 win.
Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 at 11:07 PM CST
|By Taylor Curet
The buzz can be felt around Pete Taylor Park as Southern Miss baseball looms.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 12:15 AM CST
|By Taylor Curet
The Golden Eagles are hard at work at Pete Taylor Park, preparing for February 18th's season-opener against North Alabama.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2020 at 2:24 PM CST
|By Taylor Curet
Will Hall was officially named USM’s 22nd head football coach on Wednesday.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2020 at 3:04 PM CDT
|By Luke Smith and Taylor Curet
Defensive lineman Jacques Turner announced on Twitter that he would be opting out of the 2020 season and become a graduate transfer.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2020 at 1:43 AM CDT
|By Taylor Curet
For the first time since January, Jay Hopson was actually able to watch his football team compete in shoulder pads and helmets.Southern Miss held its first scrimmage of summer camp on Saturday morning at the Rock.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2020 at 11:32 PM CDT
|By Taylor Curet
The kid who at nine-years-old was invited to play Pinehurst No. 2 for U.S. Kids Golf.The kid who represented the United States in the Junior Ryder Cup in 2014. Davis Riley, the kid from Hattiesburg, is just one victory away from the PGA Tour.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2020 at 11:43 PM CDT
|By Taylor Curet
A sport that has gradually grown in the Pine Belt through the years – soccer will now be featured on a minor league level in Hattiesburg.The Southern States Soccer Club will represent the Hub City in the Gulf Coast Conference of the 94-team National Premier Soccer League.
Updated: May. 3, 2020 at 12:15 AM CDT
|By Taylor Curet
December 13, 1986 was nothing more than a normal day on the campus of Southern Miss.Perhaps, too normal for USM’s basketball team which was preparing to host Central Arkansas of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The Golden Eagles, at the infancy of their 1987 NIT...
Updated: Jan. 18, 2020 at 11:15 PM CST
|By Taylor Curet
A Hattiesburg native has the chance to attend an event that’s seen the likes of Michael Jordan, Lebron James and Candace Parker.Hattiesburg senior Melyia Grayson was nominated to play in the McDonald’s All-American game on April 1 in Houston, Texas.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2020 at 11:35 PM CST
|By Taylor Curet
Pearl River Community College enjoyed its best season of all time in 2018-19. PRCC captured its first Region 23 championship and advanced to the school’s first NJCAA national tournament.The No. 4 Wildcats have not skipped a beat this season. In fact, they might be in even more of a groove.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2019 at 12:20 AM CST
|By Taylor Curet
UAB did not have a football program in 2015 and 2016. Since returning to the field two years ago, the Blazers are 25-10.One of those wins includes the 2018 Conference USA Championship. UAB has returned to college football with vigor.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2019 at 1:26 AM CDT
|By Taylor Curet
As many USM players will see fellow Mississippi natives on the Mississippi State sideline on Saturday, the Bulldogs’ quarterback is an unfamiliar face.Senior Tommy Stevens made his first collegiate start in MSU’s 38-28 win over Louisiana-Lafayette after transferring from Penn State.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2019 at 7:58 PM CDT
|By Taylor Curet
Just off of highway 84 – about eight miles from Prentiss – sits Griffith Cemetery.It’s not a particularly large cemetery, maybe 100 burial plots in total – among them lies Steve McNair’s.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2019 at 12:19 AM CDT
|By Taylor Curet
Jeremy McClain has not been afforded the chance to breathe since being hired as USM’s athletic director on April 4.A week following his introduction by University president Dr. Rodney Bennett, Southern Miss basketball coach Doc Sadler resigned.
Updated: May. 10, 2019 at 6:33 PM CDT
|By Taylor Curet
The Oakland Raiders running back received his diploma Friday from Southern Miss President Dr. Rodney Bennett in front of family and a packed Reed-Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2018 at 11:52 PM CST
|By Taylor Curet
It’s tough to encapsulate 365 days of sports into just a couple minutes – especially in an area of Mississippi that saw a number of high school and conference championships.Here goes nothing.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2018 at 11:45 PM CST
|By Taylor Curet
The Lady Crusaders were regulars in Orange Beach.William Carey’s trip to the NAIA women’s soccer championships in November was its seventh consecutive visit – and tenth in the last 11 years – to the Alabama Gulf Coast.However, this season felt different.
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